The Microphone on my headphones will pause/unpause my music when bumped

So my bro got me some nice headphones recently that have a microphone on them. After my first time using them at the gym with m y Droid2, i noticed the music cutting out randomly. This was happening with any music app including Pandora.

After much testing, I have determined that it is the Mic on the headphones that is causing the issue. A slight tap with my finger on the Mic will pause/unpause the music. Is there a way to turn off the mic input on the Android as there is no on/off button on the headphones???